It’s time to work through the pain of racial healing

It’s time to work through the pain of racial healing By Laura Hill “’Healing is a process.’ How many times have we heard this well-meaning cliché? “Last fall these fateful words were uttered by an emergency room physician, after I fell at home...

Reparations

Reparations ​Reparations Work is a vital part of Coming to the Table because it provides avenues to impact racial justice directly in the community, whereas our other Groups (i.e. Linked Descendants, Mindfulness, etc.) support very crucial racial healing on more...

Her ancestors enslaved mine. Now we’re friends.

Phoebe Kilby discovered her ancestors were slave-owners and she wanted to pay reparations. Through an organisation called Coming To The Table, she found her linked descendant Betty Kilby, and asked if they could meet. To watch this video story, go to: Her ancestors...

Raising the Dead: Coming to the Table

I did not realize until I was an adult that my ancestors were enslaved. I was born in Chicago in a time greatly influenced by the Civil Rights Movement that was sparked by the lynching of Emmitt Till in 1954 and the refusal of Rosa Parks in 1955 to give up her seat on...

Truth Hurts, Then Heals: Coming to the Table

“Be prepared to face the truth if you undertake genealogical research,” said Peter Wingate, one of two instructors for a genealogy workshop I attended called “Tracing your family tree to the slave era.” Peter was correct. Until 2013, I was...

Confronting Slavery at Long Island’s Oldest Estates

Joseph McGill first unrolled bedding in a former slave cabin in 1999. He was participating in a documentary about Civil War re-enactors and the controversy over the Confederate battle flag, and the producers asked Mr. McGill — an African-American museum professional...

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